Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
NC Commissioner Troxler: Submit Soil Samples Now to Avoid Peak-Season Fees
The time to implement peak season fees for soil testing is set to begin Nov. 27. Samples submitted before that date will be processed for free. Growers and landowners still have time to get samples in...
Nov 04, 2024
First Bird Flu Case Found in Oregon Pig
A case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed for the first time in a pig in Oregon. The Swine Health Information Center Executive Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder says it was a pig ...
Nov 04, 2024
First Bird Flu Case Found in Oregon Pig
A case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed for the first time in a pig in Oregon. The Swine Health Information Center Executive Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder says it was a pig ...
Nov 04, 2024
Animal Showing Means Growing
State fairs are an annual high point for young people growing up in agriculture, and it provides them with a chance to compete in showing the animals they’ve grown on a statewide level. Ashley H...
Nov 03, 2024
Animal Showing Means Growing
State fairs are an annual high point for young people growing up in agriculture, and it provides them with a chance to compete in showing the animals they’ve grown on a statewide level. Ashley H...
Nov 03, 2024
October’s Rural Mainstreet Index Short on Good News
The October Rural Mainstreet Index didn't contain a lot of good news for the farm economy. Dr. Ernie Goss of Creighton University conducts the survey and talks about the results."Well, our survey of b...
Nov 03, 2024
October’s Rural Mainstreet Index Short on Good News
The October Rural Mainstreet Index didn't contain a lot of good news for the farm economy. Dr. Ernie Goss of Creighton University conducts the survey and talks about the results."Well, our survey of b...
Nov 03, 2024
NPPC Assures Consumers Pork is Safe after H5N1 Detected in Oregon Pig
The National Pork Producers Council confirms there are no food safety concerns about the nation's pork supply after H5N1 was detected this week in an Oregon backyard farm. NPPC continues to work close...
Nov 01, 2024
NPPC Assures Consumers Pork is Safe after H5N1 Detected in Oregon Pig
The National Pork Producers Council confirms there are no food safety concerns about the nation's pork supply after H5N1 was detected this week in an Oregon backyard farm. NPPC continues to work close...
Nov 01, 2024
Dry and Warm: That Sums Up October
I am talking with Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina, time to take a look back over October. And I think it could be summed up in a couple of words: Dry October, certainly, an...
Oct 31, 2024